The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population (2000)
Chapter: Appendix F: Advanced-Level Credentials in Nutrition
Appendix F
Advanced Level Credentials in Nutrition
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Credential |
Who Grants? Associated Organization |
Requirements to Attain |
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Advanced Level Credentials that Require Registration as a Dietitian (RD) |
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Certified Specialist Pediatrics (CSP) Renal (CSR) |
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) American Dietetic Association (ADA) |
RD for 3 years 4,000 hours of specialty experience (pediatric or renal) within last 6 years Successful completion of written exam CE in area of specialty Renew every 5 years |
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Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA) |
CDR ADA |
RD Graduate degree 8 years of work experience beyond RD in multiple roles with diverse & complex responsibilities Peer review of portfolio Renew every 10 years |
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Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD) |
National Board of Nutrition Support Certification American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
RD Recommend 2 years of nutrition support experience Successful completion of written exam Renew every 5 years |
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Credential |
Who Grants? Associated Organization |
Requirements to Attain |
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Advanced Level Credentials that do not Require Registration as a Dietitian (RD) |
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Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) |
National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators American Association of Diabetes Educators |
Unrestricted license or registration (e.g., RN, RD) or be a health care professional with a minimum of a master’s degree from a U.S. college or university in…nutrition… 2 calendar years of experience in direct diabetes patient and self-management education; within those 2 years or up to 5 calendar years prior to date of application…, must have worked a minimum of 1,000 hours in direct diabetes patient and self-management education; must be engaged in practice of direct diabetes patient and self-management education at time of application Successful completion of written exam Renew every 5 years |
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Specialist in Clinical Nutrition (MD, DO) Specialist in Human Nutrition (PhD) |
American Board of Nutrition |
MD or OD with primary board certification, and 1 year of postgraduate fellowship training in clinical nutrition or 2 years of postgraduate training in subspecialty training program with supervised experience with nutritional problems or PhD in nutrition or highly related field Letters of reference; successful completion of written exam PhD and 2 years postdoctoral training and experience in human nutrition of which 1 year must include clinical training/ patient consultation with supervision Letters of reference; successful completion of written exam |
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Certified Nutrition Support Physician |
National Board of Nutrition Support Certification American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
MD |
